Twist of the Collar - Clerical Memoirs by Rev. L. E. A. Ehrmann
Rev. L.E.A. Ermann (the Author) and Rev. G.H. Morrell
Frontispiece
Being Memoirs of one abandoning Commerce for the Ministry
With Illustrations and an Index.
by the REV. L. E. A. EHRMANN, A.K.C.L. AND LEEDS CLERGY SCHOOL
Twenty years Vicar of Lynsted. Kent
With a Foreword by the Ven. The ARCHDEACON OF CANTERBURY
Quad semper, quad ubique, quad ab omnibus creditum est
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR AT AYMERS LODGE, LYNSTED, SITTINGBOURNE, KENT,
1949 - PRINTED DY W. S. PARRETT LTD., HIGH STREET, SITTINGBOURNE
ERRATUM
In place of "times" in paragraph 3 on page 52 read "terms'
thus: "in such terms as these"
DEDICATED to the sacred memory of my dear Parents LOUIS and JULIA EHRMANN to whom the writer owes so much for their affection and careful upbringing.
[Society Note: The Original Page Numbering is indicated in Square Brackets in the text.]
CONTENTS
FOREWORD p6
AUTHOR'S PREFACE p7
CONTENTS p8
I - EARLY DAYS p9
II - IN THE CITY p13
III - AT COLLEGE p18
IV - FIRST CURACY IN SOUTH BERMONDSEY p20
V - SECOND CURACY AT CATFORD p23
VI - ABBEY WOOD AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR p26
VII - HINDHEAD p31
VIII - LYNSTED AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR p34
IX - THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND p44
X - THE ADDITIONAL CURATES SOCIETY p47
APPENDIX
GUILD OF ALL SOULS p50
ANGLICAN ORDERS p51
KIKUYA p53
DOCTRINAL VERSES p54
LETTER ON "THE CRUSADE" p55
LETTER ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. G. H. MORRELL p56
MRS. ESDAILE'S ESSAY ON EPIPHANIUS EVESHAM p59
CHRISTIANITY AND DIVORCE p63
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE AUTHOR - Frontispiece - i
THE REV. G. H. MORRELL - Frontispiece - ii
THE REV. CANON PAUL PETIT p18
THE REV. CANON C. S. WALLACE p18
CATFORD GROUP OF CLERGY 1912 p18
INTERIOR OF S. ALBAN, HINDHEAD p19
LYNSTED VILLAGE: SNOWBOUND p38
S. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS', ABBEY WOOD (INTERIOR) p38
LYNSTED PARISH CHURCH AFTER THE RESTORATION (1932-33) p39
LYNSTED VICARAGE CINEMA p39
NORTH CHAPEL AT LYNSTED AFTER BOMBING p54
SCULPTURE AT LYNSTED OF EPIPHANIUS EVESHAM p55
LYNSTED PARISH CHURCH: A FORMER VIEW p55
LYNSTED PARISH CHURCH (EXTERI0R) p65